Energy and Nuclear 2024 – 35 x 42cm, acrylic paint, wood, wire
Check out how many Labour MPs, councillors and advisors have links to fossil fuel companies, the South African apartheid regime, and pro Israel groups. To date there are 31 corporate lobbyist/candidates in the Labour Party.
Gareth Barret – works for a giant PR relations company in the US that works for Shell, Exxon Mobil, and Chevron. They are the main firm for the lobbying communications firm for the oil industry. Julie Mint – Was a PR consultant for Bell Pottinger, founded by Sir Tim Bell, Thatcher’s favourite PR advisor, who stirred up racial tensions in South Africa. Jade Botterill – Director of a lobbying firm Portland, whose client include Southern Water who were fined £90 million for sewage dumping, she also worked for Yorkshire water, another big polluter. Polly Fillington – works for lobbying firm Hannover who lobby for Amazon, Uber, Meta, and the London stock exchange. Luke Akehurst – Director of We Believe Israel, he selected himself for the safe Labour seat of North Durham. Chris Ward – former Director for Hanbury Strategy, a lobbying firm set up by advisors to David Cameron. Clients included Amazon, Deliveroo, gambling company Flutter, finance firms UBS and Blackstone, and UK oil company Rockhopper who sued the Italian Govt for £210 million in compensation in 2022 for the introduction of a ban on off-shore drilling Corporate lobbying of politicians always entails them wanting something back for their money, usually massive deregulatory privileges.